We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

bimodality disappeared in subsequent years. Inequality and poverty decreased in accordance with a three-phase pattern over the … period. Whether clones are scaled to GDP or HFCE matters when evaluating inequality and poverty levels, but not when …

We consider the estimation of measures of persistent poverty in panel surveys with missing data, focusing on the … persistent poverty headcount, its duration-adjusted variant, and a related measure used by the European Union as an indicator of … the risk of persistent poverty. We develop a partial identification approach to allow for data missing-not-at-random, and …

The paper lists estimates of chronic poverty incidences in 25 countries. Research reveals its 'patterns' and socio … vastly differing wealth, apparently people face some similar problems in fully participating and the burden of poverty is … unequally shared over time, i.e. chronic poverty. Recognizing this, the paper draws on research in affluent countries centred …

Small area estimation methods have become a widely used tool to provide accurate estimates for regional indicators such … as poverty measures. Recent research has provided evidence that spatial modelling still can improve the precision of … the posterior under a flat p rior. F urther, we show using the SAIPE poverty data that the gain in efficiency using a …